| abandon | (noun) the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry | Synonyms: unconstraint, wantonness |
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| (noun) a feeling of extreme emotional intensity | Synonyms: wildness |
| (verb) leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch | Synonyms: desert, desolate, forsake |
| (verb) stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims | Synonyms: give up |
| (verb) leave behind empty; move out of | Synonyms: empty, vacate |
| (verb) forsake, leave behind | - |
| (verb) give up with the intent of never claiming again | Synonyms: give up |
| abandoned | (adjective) forsaken by owner or inhabitants | Synonyms: derelict, deserted |
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| (adjective) unrestrained and uninhibited | - |
| abandonment | (noun) withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility | Synonyms: defection, desertion |
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| (noun) the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away | - |
| (noun) the act of giving something up | Synonyms: desertion, forsaking |
| armband | (noun) a band worn around the upper arm | - |
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| (noun) worn around arm as identification or to indicate mourning | - |
| backband | (noun) a broad band that passes over the back of a horse and supports the shafts of a vehicle | - |
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| band | (noun) a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body) | - |
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| (noun) an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material | Synonyms: banding, stripe |
| (noun) a restraint put around something to hold it together | - |
| (noun) jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger | Synonyms: ring |
| (noun) a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) | Synonyms: ring |
| (noun) a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration | - |
| (noun) a driving belt in machinery | - |
| (noun) a stripe or stripes of contrasting color | Synonyms: banding, stria, striation |
| (noun) a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure | Synonyms: isthmus |
| (noun) a range of frequencies between two limits | - |
| (noun) instrumentalists not including string players | - |
| (noun) an unofficial association of people or groups | Synonyms: circle, lot, set |
| (noun) a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing | Synonyms: dance band, dance orchestra |
| (verb) bind or tie together, as with a band | - |
| (verb) attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify | Synonyms: ring |
| bandage | (noun) a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body | Synonyms: patch |
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| (verb) dress by covering or binding | - |
| (verb) wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose | Synonyms: bind |
| bandaged | (adjective) covered or wrapped with a bandage | Synonyms: bound |
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| bandaging | (noun) the act of applying a bandage | Synonyms: binding, dressing |
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| bandana | (noun) large and brightly colored handkerchief; often used as a neckerchief | Synonyms: bandanna |
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| bandanna | (noun) large and brightly colored handkerchief; often used as a neckerchief | Synonyms: bandana |
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| bandbox | (noun) a light cylindrical box for holding light articles of attire (especially hats) | - |
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| bandeau | (noun) an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts | Synonyms: bra, brassiere |
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| banded | (adjective) identified with a band especially around a leg | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by a band of especially white around the body | - |
| (adjective) marked with bands or strips of contrasting color or texture | - |
| bandelet | (noun) molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column | Synonyms: annulet, bandelette, bandlet, square and rabbet |
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| bandelette | (noun) molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column | Synonyms: annulet, bandelet, bandlet, square and rabbet |
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| banderilla | (noun) a decorated dart that is implanted in the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight | - |
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| banderillero | (noun) the bullfighter who implants decorated darts (banderillas) into the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight | - |
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| bandicoot | (noun) any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous | - |
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| banding | (noun) an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material | Synonyms: band, stripe |
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| (noun) a stripe or stripes of contrasting color | Synonyms: band, stria, striation |
| bandit | (noun) an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band | Synonyms: brigand |
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| banditry | (noun) the practice of plundering in gangs | - |
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| bandleader | (noun) the leader of a dance band | - |
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| bandlet | (noun) molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column | Synonyms: annulet, bandelet, bandelette, square and rabbet |
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| bandmaster | (noun) the conductor of a band | - |
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| bandoleer | (noun) a broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers | Synonyms: bandolier |
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| bandolier | (noun) a broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers | Synonyms: bandoleer |
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| bandoneon | (noun) a type of concertina popular in South America | - |
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| bandsaw | (noun) an endless saw consisting of a toothed metal band that is driven around two wheels | Synonyms: band saw |
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| bandsman | (noun) a player in a band (especially a military band) | - |
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| bandstand | (noun) a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air | Synonyms: outdoor stage, stand |
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| bandtail | (noun) wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon | Synonyms: band-tail pigeon, band-tailed pigeon, Columba fasciata |
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| bandwagon | (noun) a large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band | - |
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| (noun) a popular trend that attracts growing support | - |
| bandwidth | (noun) a data transmission rate; the maximum amount of information (bits/second) that can be transmitted along a channel | - |
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| bandy | (adjective) have legs that curve outward at the knees | Synonyms: bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg, bowlegged |
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| (verb) discuss lightly | Synonyms: kick around |
| (verb) exchange blows | - |
| (verb) toss or strike a ball back and forth | - |
| bandyleg | (noun) a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee) | Synonyms: bandy leg, bow leg, bowleg, genu varum, tibia vara |
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| bellyband | (noun) a strap around the belly of a draft animal holding the shafts of a wagon | - |
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| (noun) a cloth band that is worn around the waist (as on infants until the navel has healed) | - |
| broadband | (adjective) responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies | Synonyms: wideband |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or being a communications network in which the bandwidth can be divided and shared by multiple simultaneous signals (as for voice or data or video) | - |
| contraband | (adjective) distributed or sold illicitly | Synonyms: black-market, black, bootleg, smuggled |
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| (noun) goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law | - |
| contrabandist | (noun) someone who imports or exports without paying duties | Synonyms: moon-curser, moon curser, runner, smuggler |
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| disband | (verb) stop functioning or cohering as a unit | Synonyms: dissolve |
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| (verb) cause to break up or cease to function | - |
| disbandment | (noun) the act of disbanding | - |
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| endband | (noun) a part of a book, most often found with hardcover bindings, that consists of a small cord or strip of material affixed near the spine to provide structural reinforcement and sometimes decorative effect. | - |
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| hatband | (noun) a band around the crown of a hat just above the brim | - |
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| headband | (noun) a band worn around or over the head | - |
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| househusband | (noun) a husband who keeps house while his wife earns the family income | Synonyms: house husband |
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| husband | (noun) a married man; a woman's partner in marriage | Synonyms: hubby, married man |
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| (verb) use cautiously and frugally | Synonyms: conserve, economise, economize |
| husbandly | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of a husband | - |
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| (adjective) related to or suited to a husband | - |
| husbandman | (noun) a person who operates a farm | Synonyms: farmer, granger, sodbuster |
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| husbandry | (noun) the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock | Synonyms: agriculture, farming |
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| neckband | (noun) a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over | Synonyms: collar |
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| (noun) necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck | Synonyms: choker, collar, dog collar |
| (noun) a band around the collar of a garment | - |
| noseband | (noun) a strap that is the part of a bridle that goes over the animal's nose | Synonyms: nosepiece |
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| riband | (noun) a ribbon used as a decoration | Synonyms: ribband |
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| ribband | (noun) a ribbon used as a decoration | Synonyms: riband |
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| saraband | (noun) a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries; in slow time | - |
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| (noun) music composed for dancing the saraband | - |
| sweatband | (noun) a band of fabric or leather sewn inside the crown of a hat | - |
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| (noun) a band of material tied around the forehead or wrist to absorb sweat | - |
| tailband | (noun) an endband along the bottom edge of the book (as a book is standing upright). | - |
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| trainband | (noun) a company of militia in England or America from the 16th century to the 18th century | - |
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| trainbandsman | (noun) a member of a trainband | - |
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| unbanded | (adjective) not identified with a band | - |
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| waistband | (noun) a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers | Synonyms: cincture, girdle, sash, waistcloth |
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| watchband | (noun) a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist | Synonyms: bracelet, watch bracelet, watchstrap, wristband |
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| waveband | (noun) a band of adjacent radio frequencies (e.g., assigned for transmitting radio or television signals) | Synonyms: frequency band |
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| wideband | (adjective) responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies | Synonyms: broadband |
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| wristband | (noun) band consisting of a part of a sleeve that covers the wrist | - |
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| (noun) a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist | Synonyms: bracelet, watch bracelet, watchband, watchstrap |